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Time is Money: Majority (84%) in 25 Countries Would Rather Search for a Good Deal than Pay More for a Quick Purchase

Tuesday, October 15, 2013

Global — A majority (84%) of those in 25 countries would rather ‘spend time looking for a good deal,’ while only 16% would rather ‘pay more to make a quick/efficient purchase.’ The findings reflect a new poll of 18,503 online respondents conducted by Ipsos OTX – the global innovation center for Ipsos, the world’s third largest market and opinion research firm.

The countries with the highest proportions of those indicating they would rather spend time looking for a good deal are from: Hungary (94%), Spain (94%), Great Britain (93%), Argentina (92%), Belgium (91%), France (91%) and Germany (91%). This group of deal-chasers is followed by: Australia (90%), Italy (90%), Mexico (90%), Japan (88%), South Africa (87%), Canada (86%), Poland (86%), the United States (85%), China (81%), Russia (81%) and South Korea (81%). The lower group includes: India (79%), Brazil (76%), Saudi Arabia (76%), Norway (75%), Sweden (75%), Turkey (74%) and Indonesia (58%).

Those with a lower household income (88%) are most likely to spend time looking for a good deal. Even those with middle (84%) and high (79%) levels of income, however, would take the time to find a better price. Similarly, those with a low level of education (87%) are more likely than those with a medium (85%) or high (80%) level. Women (86%) are more likely than men (83%) to go hunting for a sale while there is no variability among age group.

These are findings of the research led by Ipsos Open Thinking Exchange (Ipsos OTX) collected by Ipsos Global @dvisor as part of Sociologue, an ongoing publication that features conversation-starting commentary on social media trends and behavior. The research was conducted on the “G@48”wave between August 6-20th, 2013. The monthly Global @dvisor data output is derived from a balanced online sample in 25 countries around the world via the Ipsos Online Panel system. For the results of the survey presented herein, an international sample of 18,503 adults aged 18-64 in the US and Canada, and age 16-64 in all other countries, were interviewed. Approximately 1000+ individuals participated on a country by country basis via the Ipsos Online Panel with the exception of Argentina, Belgium, Hungary, Indonesia, Mexico, Norway, Poland, Russia, Saudi Arabia, South Africa, South Korea, Sweden and Turkey, where each have a sample approximately 500+. The precision of Ipsos online polls are calculated using a credibility interval. In this case, a poll of 1,000 is accurate to +/- 3.5 percentage points and one of 500 is accurate to +/- 5.0 percentage points in their respective general populations. In countries where internet penetration is approximately 60% or higher the data output is weighted to reflect the general population. Of the 24 countries surveyed, 15 yield results that are representative: Argentina, Australia, Belgium, Canada, France, Germany, Hungary, Italy, Japan, Poland, South Korea, Spain, Sweden, United Kingdom and United States. The nine remaining countries surveyed –Brazil (45.6% Internet penetration among the citizenry), China (41%), India (11.4%), Indonesia (22.1%), Mexico (36.5%), Russia (47.7%), Saudi Arabia (49%), South Africa (17.4%) and Turkey (45.7%)—have lower levels of connectivity therefore cannot be weighted to be general population representative; however, the online sample in these countries are particularly valuable in their own right as they are more urban/educated/income than their fellow citizens and are often referred to as “Upper Deck Consumer Citizens”.

More data and full technical details are available in the Detailed Tables
document on the right.

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center. This multi-disciplinary team of researchers, strategists, digital natives,
and design technologists is blending advancements in technology and a
cultural shift toward social interactions to create the future of research, one
that is immersive, collaborative, authentic and relevant.
SocialogueTM is an ongoing publication from Ipsos OTX which
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